The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-06-11
Walter Edwa1ds. al Frnslhnrr nal.

Walter Edwards, of Frostburg, Nd,
brother of Rev. John Edwards, former
pastor of Centenary church, this city, died on
Thursday morning after brief illness, of ty-
phoid fever, aged So years.
On Sunday last, while walking along the
race bank at Vim. Luckabaugh's mill, VIM.
Stone, of this city, killed snake four feet
long and as thick as his arm. 1t had swal-
lowed a catfish about eight inches long.
The ADVOCATE received this week crate
of u quarts of strawberries from Mr.. John
I. Covell, of Centreville, well-known con
ductor on the Kent 4 Queen Ann. 3 Rail
road. They were very fine. Many thanks.
George Neale, colored, was convicted on
Thursday at Rockville on the charge of as
saulting Miss Gloyd, and was sentenced to
ten years in the penitentiary, the full extent
of the law. Miss Gloyd is niece of Father
Gloyd, of this city.
On Thursday afternoon water spout seem
ed TO have broken at Sandy Mount, about
FIVE miles below this city, and the water fell
in torrents. Considerable damage to fields
was done there and in the vicinity of Finks
burg and Glen Falls.
Door-to- Virtue Lodge, A. F. A. NJ, had
fine meeting on Thursday night. There was
not only a rather full attendance of the mem
beers. but there were dozen or more visitors
from Manchester, Chambersburg, Harrisburg
and Michigan lodge. The visiting brethren
from Lebanon Lodge, Manchester, were
Jacob Wink, Chas. J. H. Ganter. Henry j.
Hoffacker, II. S. Musselman, q. W. Green
holtz and j. W. Hofacker. Messrs: Beck,
Irving, Isaac Fowler and Rinehart, of Cham
bersburg, were down. The Lodge did some
work in the third degree, and afterward en-
loved ice cream, cake and strawberries.
During discussion on home missions at
the General Lutheran Synod of the United
States, DIR. II. W. Kuhns related his expert
ences when long years ago he was sent as a
missionary to Omaha and the land beyond
Once he swan the Missouri river clinging to
the tail of his horse. The girth broke, and
grasping his horse he reached shore, his
horse in tie lead and the missionary bringing
up the rear. DR.. kuhns was the first Luther
an missionary west of the Missouri. He es-
tabIished the Lutheran Church in Omaha in
1858, and continued as its pastor until 1872.
DIR. Kuhns is member of the committee
Son the State of the Church. :"
An attempt was made to break jail here
last Monday night, which was discovered in
time to Illustrate the plan. About $50 o clock
Mrs. Lynch, wife of Sheriff Lynch, heard
noise, and was informed that several prison
ers were trying to dig out. James Lynch,
the Sheriff son, armed himself with a re-
volver and went into the Jail, and discovered
that an attempt had been made to dig out, by
loosening a stone and pulling the bars from
the window in the water-clOset. They had
nearly gotten the stone out, when the plot
was disclosed. The digging was done with
poker. Those engaged in the attempt to dig
out were George Taylor, Gustavus Mill er and
W. w. Mcfarland, all of whom had been
convicted of larceny, and were awaiting SEN
fence.
Mr.. Adolphus McCauley, of Baltimore, a
painter in the Western Maryland car shops at
Union Bridge, died on Saturday evening last,
and was buried in the cemetery at Union
Bridge Monday evening. The company's
shops were closed out of respect to the de-
ceased, and the men attended the funeral in
a body. The services were held at st. Pau's
Reformed Church, Rev. d. A. Souders, the
pastor, officiating, assisted by Rev. Messrs.
Maloy, of the Methodist Protestant Church,
and McLinn, of the Lutheran Church. The
Union Bridge Band, of which he was mem.
Der, accompanied the body to the grave, and
in accordance with his request played funeral
march. The services at the grave were con-
Quoted by the New Windsor Lodge Of Odd
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